EXHIBITION BALI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 257, 31 October 1939, Page 10

EXHIBITION BALI

( ENTEXNTAL J UX( ! lOX There were a thousand dancers at the New Zeaalnd Centennial Ball held in the Assembly Hall at. the exhibition on Friday night. Their Excellencies, the Governor-General, Viscount Galway and Viscountess Galway, were unable to at I end. From the biightly-lit entrance foyer that featured cream walls and striking murals by Russell Clark, including a painting ol the depatfute of the Tory from England, they passed into the main assembly hail, where the colour scheme was again cream, relieved in places with bands of blue-grey and red. Huge parchment lights of unusual design threw soft lights in every direction and added to that was the unusual indirect, lighting panel in the centre of the ceiling tt;a<. derived its illumination from no lower than 1000 globes. On the stage was was seated the dance band, whose music was one of the brilliant highlights of the ball. Between dances those present tool; the opportunity of wandering out on Io the balcony that overlooked C: ntennial Avenue which resembled fairyland with its eve,-changing ftood-light-Builei icl'icshmeiiLs were sewed m adjoining rooms, and a banquet supper was served in a beautifully decorated supper room. The executive committee, who lia.l worked long and hard to ensure the success of this very pleasant pail of the centennial celebrations, consisted of the Mayoress, Mrs. T. C. Hislop, who was chairman; Mr. D. H. S. Riudiford (Featherston), Mrs. H. F. Arkwright (Marton), Mrs. B. Keiller (FmmerUon North). Miss R. Arkwright (Martonl, Mrs. C. Levin, Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Mrs. McKinlay, Miss N. E. Donovan, Miss Patricia Gledhill, Miss Ruin Skerman, Miss Isobel Biggar, Miss Amy Kane, Miss Mary Cochrane (secretary), The Mayor, Mi. T. C. A. Hislop, Mr. C. P. Hainsworth (general manager ot Ihe Exhibition Company), anti Commander Fanshawe. The general committee comprised Hie following:- Lady Roberts, Mrs. K. W. Wise (Mayoress of Eastbourne), Mrs. J. W. Andrews (Mayoress ot Lower Hutt), Miss F. Card (Mayoress of Featherston', Mrs. A. W. Horton (Mayoress of Greytown), Mrs. K. Biddells (Mayoress of Pahiatua), Mrs. Rogers (Mayoress of Wanganui), Mrs. A. E. Mansford (Mayoress of Palmerston North). Mrs. de Lautour (Mayoress of Taihape), Mrs. T. Jordan (Mayoress of Masterton), Mrs. L. H. Angus, Mrs. Hartley Ainslie, Mrs. J. Ashton, Mrs. M. Bennie, Mrs. L. Boyes, Mrs. J. C. Bradley, Mrs. C. Bullock, Mrs. M. I. Bunny, Mrs. a. M. Carr, Mrs. U. Chambers, Mrs. F. Campbell. Mrs. W. Duncan. Mrs. J. I. Goldsmith, Mrs. W. R. Hill, Mrs. j.. F. Hunt, Mrs. F. Johnson, Mrs. A. Wai I is- Jackson, Mrs. T. W. Latham Mrs. P. Lowe, Mrs. D. J. McGowan, Mrs. Miller, Mrs A. S. Mitchell, Mrs. E. P. Norman, Mrs. H. B. Oakes, Mrs. J. Pow, Mrs. F. Southern. Miss Jean Knox Gilmer, Miss H. Horan. Miss M. Hunt, and Miss Constance Morice. Miss Delys Brand, the beauty expert. from Jane Seymour’s Bond Street Salon, will be in attendance this week at C. V. Inglis, Chemist, 65 Avenue. Let Miss Brand make a thorough examination ot your skin give you a marvellously beautifying half-hour, and. prescribe a special home treatment for you. if necessary. Call or ’phone 2213 immediately for your appointment.*